Wed was Luger night on TV

earlyluger · 07-26-2012, 06:32 AM

Wife called me down at 8 when outdoor channel had Stories of the Gun on, was a full feature on the Luger P08. Then later on Cajun Pawn Star had an episode where a guy was selling a GI bring back Luger. Did not sell, he wanted $5K for it. Anyone catch these last night?

Gary1911A1 · 07-26-2012, 11:34 AM

I saw the Stories of The Gun episode. Thought it was pretty good, but usually they stay on one gun for the whole show and I was surprised to see them spend so much time on the P38 when they should of just done a whole episode on it too.

Shadowsix · 07-26-2012, 01:36 PM

I saw the Cajun Pawn Stars episode.

They drove out to someone who had an all matching 1916 Erfurt that also had the holster, stripping tool & both magazines. The pawn shop's expert said it was worth $1500-$2000 (for everything). The guy did want $5000 & the pawn shop owner offered him $2200 despite the expert's opinion (being very generous) but the guy wouldn't take it but he did let them shoot it.

suum cuique · 07-26-2012, 03:59 PM

Me too,
i didn't watched this episode, but they have reruns of some episodes on history channel all the time. I have always some doubts, because most of those TV shows are 'scripted reality'. So you can't be sure if it is real or not. Yesterday, a guy tried to sell two genuine US WWI trench knifes.

alanint · 07-26-2012, 04:25 PM

These shows are mostly staged. Rare antiques and historically important items are rarely sold through pawnshops today.

07-26-2012, 06:32 AM	#1
earlyluger User Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 27 Thanks: 11 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Wed was Luger night on TV Wife called me down at 8 when outdoor channel had Stories of the Gun on, was a full feature on the Luger P08. Then later on Cajun Pawn Star had an episode where a guy was selling a GI bring back Luger. Did not sell, he wanted $5K for it. Anyone catch these last night?

07-26-2012, 03:59 PM	#4
suum cuique User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: MD / Currently about 9000 klicks east of the Potomac Posts: 497 Thanks: 100 Thanked 47 Times in 35 Posts	Me too, i didn't watched this episode, but they have reruns of some episodes on history channel all the time. I have always some doubts, because most of those TV shows are 'scripted reality'. So you can't be sure if it is real or not. Yesterday, a guy tried to sell two genuine US WWI trench knifes. __________________ Regards, Andy There's No Place Like Home (Wizard Of Oz)

07-26-2012, 11:34 AM	#2
Gary1911A1 User Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 11 Thanks: 32 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I saw the Stories of The Gun episode. Thought it was pretty good, but usually they stay on one gun for the whole show and I was surprised to see them spend so much time on the P38 when they should of just done a whole episode on it too.

07-26-2012, 01:36 PM	#3
Shadowsix User Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 106 Thanks: 56 Thanked 26 Times in 18 Posts	I saw the Cajun Pawn Stars episode. They drove out to someone who had an all matching 1916 Erfurt that also had the holster, stripping tool & both magazines. The pawn shop's expert said it was worth $1500-$2000 (for everything). The guy did want $5000 & the pawn shop owner offered him $2200 despite the expert's opinion (being very generous) but the guy wouldn't take it but he did let them shoot it.

07-26-2012, 04:25 PM	#5
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	These shows are mostly staged. Rare antiques and historically important items are rarely sold through pawnshops today.